At the Welsh Legion garrison camp in Bramond City, Angus, the adjutant of the legion, was analyzing the enemy's situation for the officers.
At this time, Art was busy organizing the dispatch and transportation of food baggage and weapons and equipment. Every day, he accompanied the palace military advisers with guards and baggage teams to Bramon and several nearby castles on the back line. From their The daily food and material consumption of a team of more than a thousand people is staggering when purchasing (purchasing) grain baggage, weapons and armor from the arsenal and granary. What's more, he also has a valuable cavalry team and more than 40 carriages. The consumption of horses and livestock is much greater than that of people. As for weapons and armor, it is a problem that needs to be solved urgently. No matter how crude an army is, no matter how poor the weapons and armor are, no matter whether they are cracked or cracked, a short spear and a short knife are still necessary for each person.
The adjutant of the legion, Odo, focused his energy on the training and organization of the prisoner soldiers. Although these prisoners were a little poor in military discipline, their combat power was not weak. Compared with farmers who were used to holding farm tools and flails, swords and short spears could quickly come into play in the hands of these people. In just three or four days, these people had some appearance, but they still dare not issue weapons and armor to these guys. Sheep with fangs are not easy to control.
Matt and Odo are both busy with general affairs and training, so all field military information and sporadic battles are handled by legionary adjutant Angus, assisted by squire Ron and the task force.
Angus used a carbon rod to circle a few points on the revised abstract terrain map, and then checked everyone in the account and said: "According to the cavalry's three-day non-stop sentinel inspection, the Swabian border castles Aonan, Bufan and Berta east of Wallonia Castle The Swabian troops have begun to gather in and around Brady Guy. The Swabians used these castles as strongholds to penetrate into the Burgundian border. Yesterday afternoon, our border towns of Mediere and Capulediere were completely lost, and the remaining border towns were completely lost. The troops gathered in the manor and village castles behind these castles, and eight hundred Swabian troops entered the two cities for repairs; while Geneborg (the nearest fortress to the north of Wallonia) was still holding on, the number of defenders in the city was less than a hundred. Swabian troops We increased our troops to five hundred and saw that the city was about to be breached. The cavalry had already sent warnings to various places behind Genebourg. It is said that two border barons have assembled two to three hundred makeshift peasant soldiers to support Geneburg, but we are not optimistic about their combat power."
“The above three castles and fortresses plus the Walloon Castle closest to us constitute the four most important defensive strongholds in the northern plains of the eastern border. Once these four places are completely captured in the eastern border of Yona Province, there will be no city or danger to defend, and the Swabians can march forward. Entering the hinterland of the Province of Yona"
Angus hit a black spot on the terrain map with the charcoal stick, and continued: "The reason why Rabmon is safe is because we have Walloon Castle to the west. Once Wallonburg breaks the city, Bramun can only act as a small nail in the Swabian attack. "
"Even if the Swabians can't pull it out, it won't affect their march. The terrain near Bramon is flat, and they can still bypass Bramon if they can't defeat Bramon." Angus said a lot, and the central meaning is that after the fall of the remaining cities, the focus of the northern defense of the eastern border returned to Wallonburg where they fought a few years ago.
"Since the fall of Walloon Castle two years ago, the defenders mobilized labor to increase the height of the city to thirty-five feet. The ring wall is still three hundred feet long, and all damaged areas have been repaired with strips of stone. The size of the entire castle has not changed, but the height and thickness of the walls have increased. The number of defenders in the city has also increased to two hundred, and they are slightly more elite soldiers of the Border Legion."
"According to our task force. According to the latest military information reported by the team yesterday, there are still more than 150 defenders in Wallonburg, with sufficient supplies of food, supplies, arrows and weapons. The ones attacking Wallonburg are 400 soldiers from the First Swabian Army of the West and 200 private soldiers of the lords transferred from the Swabian mansion. Recently, several more troops have arrived. The task force saw that many craftsmen have been added to the Swabian camp and are working on siege equipment. It seems that they are planning a final storm."
"Sir, everyone, the above is a brief military situation on the Eastern Front. The cavalry and task forces are still scouting near several castles and fortresses." Angus returned to a low stool and sat down, taking the water bag from Odo's hand.
Matt listened to General Angus's story but did not take up the conversation. He asked his adjutant Odo another important question, "Odo, how many prisoner soldiers have escaped in the past two days?"
Odo recalled a little and replied: "Nine ran away the day before yesterday, four ran away yesterday, and no one has escaped today."
Prisoner soldiers are unreliable. To be precise, a small number of prisoners are unreliable. This is what Art had expected from the moment he thought of mobilizing prisoners to serve as soldiers. Most of the prisoners that Art ordered to be urgently escorted from various places were not good people (the ones who were a little more honest had long been sold as slaves). These people were indeed capable of fighting, but they would not be easily driven by others.
So on the first day, Art let the forty or so thorns come out, and then slaughtered them on the spot without mercy. This approach of course suppressed the remaining more than 600 prisoners.
But just making them fearful is not safe enough. Mortals have the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. If people are just afraid, they are likely to escape. Therefore, Art asked the military priest Robert to brainwash the religious souls for a while, and then added the promise of requesting the court to erase their guilt in three months as a huge bait, allowing them to fight for Burgundy with the mentality of fighting for three months and gaining eternal freedom.
Still not enough! This group of prisoners was too dangerous. Once they were defeated or escaped, these people with the issued weapons in their hands could turn into enemies at any time or become gangsters who caused harm to all parties. In order to clear away possible dangerous seeds, the prisoners suddenly gained "freedom" since that afternoon. Except for a small number of soldiers and officers of the Welsh Legion who were responsible for security and management training, no one was specifically guarding this group of prisoners.
When the guards were relaxed, people with evil intentions naturally started to make bad plans. Forty-six prisoners escaped in just four days, but the good thing is that as time went by, fewer and fewer prisoners escaped.
Perhaps those who stay are those who really want to obtain soul salvation and physical freedom.
As for those who run away, their sinful souls will soon fall into purgatory, and their rotting bodies will also die on the way to escape.
Matt called the attendant Ron and whispered in his ear, "A frail prisoner died of a sudden illness this morning. The medicine should have started to take effect. You ask Thomas to give the antidote to the prisoners starting from dinner. It is best not to be discovered."
Ron nodded lightly and replied in a low voice: "Yes, sir."
Matt then raised his head and said to the officer in the account: "The soldiers in Vaal City have been replaced. Now the enemy does not have much time left for us. We must reorganize the prisoner soldiers as soon as possible, and the border guard regiment must also be formed, and enter the combat state before the defense line completely collapses. I first announced two officer appointments. The former adjutant of the Wells Corps, captain of the second company, and frontier leading knight Angus Doyle was promoted to the commander of the first regiment of the Jonah Border Guard Corps; the former adjutant of the Wells Corps, Odo Fernando, captain of the first company and leading knight on the frontier, was promoted to commander of the second regiment of the Yona Border Guard Corps. The two infantry companies of the original Wells Army were transferred to the first infantry regiment of the Yona Border Guard Corps, the cavalry team, the crossbow team, and the heavy armored infantry team. As well as the planned Deadpool Team will be transferred to the Central Army of the Yona Border Guard Corps and will be under my direct control. The Military Law Corps, Guards and Task Force will also be transferred to the Chinese Army Command Camp, and will be commanded by the Attendant Ron. The officers of the two infantry regiments will be appointed at the same time..."
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“Can this thing still kill people? Is this spear shaft made of a fire stick? This curved one can be used as a bow and arrow even if it is stretched and stringed.”
In the temporary camp outside Mengcheng, a prisoner soldier wearing broken leather armor with his navel and back exposed was holding the short spear that had just been distributed in his hand. The rust on the tip of the short spear could still be polished, but the spear shaft was so bent that when stretched out flat, the spear tip could almost touch the ground.
Another prisoner soldier wiped the single-edged sword in his hand with his thumb. The blade was full of notches, and it could basically be used as a wood saw. "Hans, you bastard is lucky enough. At least you have an iron spearhead. If you weren't big enough, you would have to be given a fire stick. Did you see those dry firewood? The wooden spears in their hands were simply sharpened fire sticks. , I’m afraid it’s not easy to stab someone to death with that thing.”
The guy named Hans pursed his lips and looked at the weapon in his hand, and then glanced at the group of strong prisoners at the foot of the steps who were receiving leather armor and long swords and short spears. “We are all prisoners, so why can they receive decent weapons and wear a complete set of leather armor and cotton armor?”
"How do you compare with them? Those guys were bandits in various places before they were caught. It doesn't matter if you kill two untouchables to grab some food. They are ruthless people who dare to fight with the county soldiers and security teams." The prisoner soldier holding the sword looked at the guy named Hans with contempt.
"I heard that they were incorporated into that Deadpool Team. That Deadpool Team can see meat every day and drink beer every one or two days. They are almost as good as those black-robed soldiers. It's really enviable." Hans leaned on his short spear with an admiring look on his face.
"The Deadpool Team? I think it's better to call it the Death Squadron. Do you think the wine and meat is so easy to eat? If you want to pay back that day, you have to pay with your life! I ran here without waiting for a good prison but I hope to go home alive, so I still won't eat the wine and meat."
The prisoner soldier holding a single-edged sword spat on the sword, then lifted up the hem of the gray burqa that didn't fit well and wiped off the black and red blood on the sword. Immediately, there was a look of disappointment on his face, "It seems that the battle in the east was miserable. You see, this sword is full of bloodstains and gaps. We have little chance of returning home alive."
" All those who had received weapons and armor immediately gathered in the open space and found their respective squadron leaders. "
The two men's whispers were interrupted by an order. They quickly turned away from the weapons distribution point and ran to the open space to find the row of black-robed soldiers standing in front of the open space. Among them were the three officers who had been training them these days. The two infantry companies of the Welsh Army transferred a small number of officers and soldiers and then transferred to the First Regiment of the Jonah Border Guard Army...
At the gate of the camp, Odo accompanied Art and the military adviser from Jonah's court to inspect the army that was about to be formed.
The military advisor has been in Bramont City for almost a week. His name is Banting, Lord Knight. He was originally an in-house officer in the Earl of Jonah's residence, Earl of Baldwin. He usually did some palace guarding and odd jobs. Due to the establishment of the Jonah Palace and the promotion of Earl Baldwin's official position, this in-house officer was also promoted to a military advisor in the Jonah Court. His military position is equivalent to the commander of an infantry company of a legion.
Banting had not fought much in the war, but he was good at sociability as he had been hanging around the Earl's Palace all year round. Therefore, Baldwin specially sent him to assist in Art's food and grass transportation matters, and of course he also had the intention of monitoring.
Fortunately, this guy has also heard about Art's misdeeds, so he still remains in awe of Art. Moreover, Art has privately sent someone to compromise with this military adviser. He will not lose a cent of the military merits he deserves, but he must also learn to only appear where he should appear and only intervene in matters that should be intervened.
Banting is very wise. Apart from coordinating the food and baggage, he will never interfere in Yate's military affairs. He will not take the initiative to intervene in the military affairs unless Yate sends someone to invite him.
Banting represents the court of Jonah and is a native of the province of Jonah, so when dealing with lords from various parts of the east, his words are more effective than Att. It is precisely because of Banting's help that Att can barely let his four to five hundred Welsh Legion soldiers and more than 600 prisoner soldiers not have to worry about starvation and cold, and he can barely have one weapon each.
Odo introduced the two men into the camp and pointed at the four to five hundred prisoners who had begun to organize under the orders of the black-robed soldiers. "Sir, Lord Banting, the five hundred prisoner soldiers will be organized today. We will organize the eighty carefully selected prisoners." The sharp prisoners were individually organized into a dead team, which was placed under the direct command of the Border Guard Corps. The remaining four hundred people were divided according to their physical strength and organized into eight fifty-man flag teams. Each flag team had four squadrons, and one squadron included ten. Two prisoner soldiers, a squadron leader and two squad captains. In addition, each flag team will select two reliable soldiers from the prisoner soldiers as flag squad soldiers and combat supervisors.
"Squad captains, squadron captains and flag captains are all veterans and low-ranking officers selected from the Wells Army."
"After today's formation, these prisoner soldiers will become soldiers of the Second Infantry Regiment of the Border Guard Corps..."